Richmond Barnes Williams travel journals

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3339", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3339", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Richmond Barnes Williams travel journals"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1925-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1925/1986"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1925

date_inclusive_end

1986

origination

{"value"=>"Williams, Richmond B. (Richmond Barnes), 1903-1986", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Richmond Barnes Williams (1903-1986) was an American business executive and world traveler. He worked in the Long Lines Dept. of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1926 until his retirement in 1968. He traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada and abroad.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Travel journals of Williams are in the form of original typescript copies arranged in chronological order and they record every aspect of his travels from their inception and planning to the return home. Journals of trips abroad begin with his trip, 1925-1926, to Great Britain and the Continent. Succeeding trips took him to most of the countries of Europe, North Africa, the Near East, Central Asia, and the Far East. His travels in North America were mainly in the period of 1930s to 1950s.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 87M38"}

{"date"=>"1987", "source"=>"Williams, Richmond Barnes - Estate", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Williams, Richmond Barnes - Estate, 1987"}

keydate

1925

prefercite

{"value"=>"Richmond Barnes Williams travel journals, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Richmond Barnes Williams (1903-1986) was an American business executive and world traveler. He worked in the Long Lines Dept. of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1926 until his retirement in 1968. He traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada and abroad. Travel journals of Williams are in the form of original typescript copies arranged in chronological order and they record every aspect of his travels from their inception and planning to the return home. Journals of trips abroad begin with his trip, 1925-1926, to Great Britain and the Continent. Succeeding trips took him to most of the countries of Europe, North Africa, the Near East, Central Asia, and the Far East. His travels in North America were mainly in the period of 1930s to 1950s.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1925

date_end

1986

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